Excel-Spreadsheets

Almost Everything you Nedd for Using Spreadsheets in the Classroom

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Color Mini-posters and Activity Sheets from TechKnow Park’s Disaster Preparedness Pages

• Spreadsheet Diagram

• Spreadsheet Vocabulary

• Name the Spreadsheet Parts
• Spreadsheet Word Search
• Using Spreadsheets for Movie Soundtracks and CDs
• Spreadsheets, Watching TV, and Talking on the Phone

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Learning About and Using Spreadsheets

• **A Shopping Spree** with Spreadsheets, Toys-R-Us, and Wal-mart-A Kid's Dream Come True!
• Fast Food Fun with Spreadsheets: Taking Spreadsheets to MacDonald’s and Burger King
• Let students learn about spreadsheets with the School Spreadsheet Safari, a Thinkquest Junior Site.
• Use **NCDPI’s Instructional Resources** for Computer/Technology Skills to download files and lesson plans.
• See ideas for Group Graphing and Spreadsheets, by The Franklin Institute Online
• It’s TIME for Technology Integration Made Easy! (by Judy Lambert) Click on Grades 5-6 for lesson plans, files to download and more!
• Enter the word "spreadsheet" in the search box for LEARNNC and uncover a variety of lessons and ready-to-use files for high interest activities using spreadsheets.
• Link to Internet4Classrooms.com for tutorials on using Excel Spreadsheets in the Classroom.
• See more Web Technology Tutorials (including spreadsheets) by Internet4Classrooms.com.

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Interactive Online Spreadsheet Tools

• Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Data Using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software: Collecting and Examining Weather Data, by Illuminations
• **Graphing with Spreadsheets** - A Complete Unit
• CREATE A GRAPH on NCES’s Web site. Select Bar Graph from the pull down menu labeled "Select Type of Graph" and click GO! Follow the instructions and print your very own colorful 3-D bar graph today!